The Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions will venture away from home to face off against the Valley Vista Monsoon at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Mountain Ridge will be strutting in after a win while Valley Vista will be coming in after a defeat.
Mountain Ridge's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They claimed a resounding 27-0 victory over Shadow Ridge. The Mountain Lions might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matches by 27 points or more this season.
It was another big night for Cameron Mailloux, who rushed for 170 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries, and also threw for 102 yards and two touchdowns. Her longest rush was for an impressive 55 yards, which helps to explain her lofty yards per carry total. Kaliyahna Baldwin was another key player, picking up 48 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Mountain Ridge didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Mailloux and Aleise Lewis. Mailloux's rushing production has been exceptional as that marked her fifth straight game with at least 109 rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Valley Vista didn't have quite enough to beat West Point on Thursday and fell 14-12.
The win (which was Mountain Ridge's third in a row) raised their record to 9-3. As for Valley Vista, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 4-4.
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